Lots has changed so here is an update
1 The Indomitable Gauls (=)
Members: 29 (-1)
Cities: 56 (+9)
Avg Point per member: 6,938 (+1718)
ABP: 34,942 (+7988) (1st(=))
DBP: 5,020 (6th)
Comment: The Indomitable Gauls still continue to grow at a rapid rate and now have 25 colonizations. It seems they have a liking for sausage and have taken a number of cities off Sausage Smugglers. It also appears a couple of Sausage Smugglers members have taken on the attitude "if you cant beat them join them" and have jumped a sinking ship into TIG. A number of their members have taken Abandoned cities which i would not have thought would be necessary given their current strength but maybe its for strategic positioning. Ranked 6th for DBP someone is at least having a crack back at them
2 Rim Express (=)
Members: 29 (=)
Cities: 36 (+4)
Avg Point per member: 3,929 (+689)
ABP: 14,596 (+3,751) (4th(=))
DBP: 4,377 (11th)
Comment: They have taken an additional 4 cities since last report 3 of which were abandoned and 1 without an alliance so seem to be playing it safe and not creating any enemies with other alliances. They have kept the same number of members however they have some with limited activity which they will probably want to do something about soon if they dont pick up. Ranked 11th for DBP they seem to have taken some hits early on but things seem to have settled down for now.
3 Fo Shizzle (=)
Members: 27 (-1)
Cities: 35 (+4)
Avg Point per member: 3,506 (+630)
ABP: 10,644 (+3,964) (7th(+2))
DBP: 3,084 (18th)
Comment: With 6 colonizations under their belt all of which are abandoned with some under 1k in size you would think they would use their CP a bit more wisely (does this show a lack of leadership and direction?). They have however gone up the ABP ranking 2 spots so they must be getting some kills out there which is good to see
. Ranked 18th for DBP they dont seem to be anyone's favorite play thing at the moment
4 Shadows Fall (+6)
Members: 23 (+2)
Cities: 30 (+7)
Avg Point per member: 2,845 (+932)
ABP: 12,303 (+4,232) (2nd(=))
DBP: 1,293 (37th)
Comment: Jumping 6 spots in the ranking and continuing to hold their 2nd spot for ABP these guys seem to be doing it right. Its good to see their last 5 conquests have been members of other alliances with 3 coming from Veritas Prime
Surprisingly they still do have a couple of members with no kills on the board
Sitting 37th for DBP they are probably clearing any threats before they get a chance to attack them
5 Dark Avengers (+6)
Members: 29 (+3)
Cities: 30 (+4)
Avg Point per member: 2,752 (+573)
ABP: 5,576 (+1,631) (13th(+3))
DBP: 6,510 (3rd)
Comment: Dark Avengers have also jumped up the rankings but seems to be as a result of recruiting a number of members from the disbanded Remembrance alliance rather than by activity. They still continue to have the 1 colonisation with their increasee cities a result of additional members. Randed 3rd for DBP it seems like they may have a few enemies who are hitting their members.
6 FoxHound (-1)
Members: 26 (=)
Cities: 28 (+1)
Avg Point per member: 3,013 (+365)
ABP: 11,663 (+2,343) (6th(=))
DBP: 4,740 (7th)
Comment: Dropping 1 place in the ranking FoxHound seem to be holding their own for the moment. They have picked up 1 additional city (abandoned) and have had a steady increase in ABP. They do however still have members with zero kills some of which have reasonably high point cities ("Turtles" i hear you cry)
7 D3TH (-3)
Members: 26 (-3)
Cities: 27 (-2)
Avg Point per member: 2,945 (+519)
ABP: 6,593 (+623) (11th(-1))
DBP: 4,679 (9th)
Comment: Dropping 3 spots in the ranking as a result of 3 members leaving for another alliance and the increase in recruitment by SF and DA they have their first conquest of a respectable size city off another alliance member. They have had quite low increase in ABP compared to the other alliances causing them to drop a spot in ABP ranking but resonable growth in their avg points per member.
8 Semper Fidelis (-1)
Members: 29 (+1)
Cities: 29 (+1)
Avg Point per member: 2,553 (+210)
ABP: 4274 (+761) (16th(+1))
Comment: With no colonisations on the board they should have members that are well and trully ready for it and need to get a move on
. They still have a number of members looking to have limited activity and their leader probably need to get their kicking boots on
. They have picked up a place in the ABP ranking but need to do more than a 700 increase in comparison to the other alliances in the top 12.
9 Infection (=)
Members: 29 (-1)
Cities: 31 (=)
Avg Point per member: 2,435 (+360)
ABP: 8,763 (+546) (9th(-2))
DBP: 3,305 (18th)
Comment: Infection seem to be ticking along all be it quite slowly with very low increase in their stats compared to the rest of the top 12. They have dropped 2 spots for ABP as a result of their slow growth. They need to pick up the pace if they are going to be contender in this world.
10 Valkyrie (New)
Members: 30
Cities: 30
Avg Point per member: 2,225
ABP: 953 (49th)
DBP: 526 (72nd)
Comment: New to the top 12 Valkyrie and positioned with some members in the SE corner of O54 and some in the middle of O55 they appear to be a classic noob alliance with random recruiting without any thought of relative position to each of their memebrs. Oh dear they also have an academy alliance, cant be bother writing to much more as they wont be here for long
11 DEATh Wings (New)
Members: 29
Cities: 29
Avg Point per member: 2,159
ABP: 2,322 (20th)
DBP: 1,907 (27th)
Comment: Another new alliance to the top 12 whose leaders have taken the splatter gun approach to recruiting and have members spread across the whole of O54. They do have a bit o ABP on the board and all their members look active. I imagine they will slowly get picked off as given their spread they cant possibly effectivley support each other.
12 The SilenT Killers (=)
Members: 28 (-2)
Cities: 28 (-2)
Avg Point per member: 2,213 (+319)
ABP: 2,275 (+818) (22nd(+4))
DBP: 2,948 (20th)
Comment: They have managed to keep their top 12 spot by the skin of their teeth with The Unknown Quantity breathing down their necks. They have managed to jump a few spots in the ABP ranking but its still very low for a top 12 alliance.
Additional Note:
Veritas Prime - dropped 9 spots in the ranking to 15th after loosing 3 cities to Shadows Fall
The Exile - drop 16 spots to 24th due to loosing a city and a bunch of members to other alliances.